Lucious mitchell hall



[No Model.)

L. M. HALL. TROUSERS STRETOHER.

No. 418,015. PatentedDeo. 24, 1889.

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LUCIOUS MITCHELL HALL, OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

TROUSERS-STRETCHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 418,015, dated December 24,1889.

Application filed August 24, 1889.

T0 a/Zlwlwm/ it may concern:

Be it known that I, LUOIOUS MITCHELL HALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Montreal, in the Dominion of Canada, have invented new and useful Improvements in Stretchers for Pants and other Garments, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in garment-stretchers.

The object of the present invention is to provide a pants-stretcher of simple and economic construction, that may be rapidly adjusted to the legs of a pair of pants, and that will exert sufficient strain to remove creases and wrinkles without liability of tearing the fabric. The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto'appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a garment-stretcher embodying the invention, the parts being in position for stretching a garment. Fig. 2 is a similar View, the parts being in position ready for adjustment.

Referring to the accompanying drawings by letter, A designates one of the sections of a brace, which is provided with a longitudinal slot at, extendingfrom one end to within a short distance of the other, and forms a pairof legs a, between which is arranged the other section A of the brace. The sections'of the brace are provided at their opposite ends with clamps B to receive and retain the garment to be stretched, and the section A has a staple O, which bridges the slot a, and is designed to be engaged by the teeth d of a rackbar or plate D, that is set longitudinally in a recess or kerf in the upper face of the section A. After the garment has been secured between the arms and b of the clamps B the sections are arranged at an angle to each other, as illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings, and are operated on the principle of a toggle-joint, and the parts are secured together by a but- Serial No. 321,823. (No model.)

ton E, which is pivoted to the section A and engages the legs a of the section A. By this construction any desired amount of strain may be exerted upon the fabric in a gentle manner that is not liable to tear the goods.

The clamps are composed of stationary bars Z), that are rigidly secured to the ends of the section of the brace, and bars I) that are hinged to the ends of the stationary bars I), I

and latches F, that are attached to the ends of the stationary bars and are adapted to engage the free ends of the hinged bars I) and hold them parallel with the stationary bars Z). The latch F consists of a cam-lever which is pivoted between two side plates f that are pivoted to the sides of an end of the stationary bar I). The cam-lever f is swung under the hinged bar I), and is brought parallel therewith and securely locks the parts together, and the pin or stop C, projecting from the bar I), limits the movement of the plates f.

From the foregoing description and the accompanying drawings the construction, operation, and advantages of the invention will readily be understood.

What I claim is A garment-stretcher comprising the section A, having a longitudinal slot, and a staple O, bridging the same, the section A, arranged in said slot and havinga kerf, and a rack-bar secured in the kerf and adapted to engage the staple, the button to lock the sections together and the clamps, and consisting of a stationary bar 12, secured to the end of" a section, the barb, hinged to the stationary bar, the cam-lever, the plates pivoted to the sides of the cam-lever and the stationary bar, and the stop or pin 0', projecting from the side of the stationarybar and limiting the movement of the plates, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

LUCIOUS MITCHELL l-lALL.

Witnesses:

H. I. LYON, D. A. DAVIDSON. 

